The blue wall looks great and the closet looks great, but the bed shouldn't be smushed into the corner and the art wall looks messy.

Violating the rules you agreed to in order to paint and then saying "Did you really think you were getting that security deposit back anyway?" is always crappy advice. I've never had any problems with that, because I followed the rules I agreed to when I rented. It doesn't always happen, but you're not a good tenant if you sign an agreement you don't intend to follow.

I like the blue wall and the gold paint makes it look as though the sun is shining all the time. Fantastic. What is the 297/298 board in the second picture?

I agree that the bed should be out of the corner a bit.
I like the colours and I don't find the art wall messy at all - I like it
However, I would prefer so see the closet covered - you could use cheap saris fashioned into a curtain in keeping with the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.

BTW, I just read the book that was the inspiration for the movie - These Foolish Things, written by Deborah Moggach, and I warmly recommend it.

Hi Lynnindc -- thanks so much for your comments. The board is very strange: it's an old game card that I bought from an antique store in New Orleans. I have four of them all around the apartment. From the 1920s. Evidently, it was kinda like bingo, only highly-illegal. Seemed fitting.

I love the technique. The walls are beautiful, but I’d go all the way. My living room is deep sea blue and it’s such a great background for art.

I loved your closet so much I favorited your entry based on that alone (but I adore your color too!). My bedroom doesn't have a closet either -- it was added onto the house as a den -- and your neat setup gives me ideas! Thanks!

hi there! thanks so much. it was from Rubbermaid. under 200 dollars. make it happen. installation required a drill and a few bruises, but worth it

I want to see the rest of this house. please!

I wish you had painted the opposing wall also instead of the window wall. The color looks black on my screen but I totally get the dry brushed gold, divine! And sadly I agree with the security deposit bit. I live in Las Vegas and security deposit is code for "money you bribe us with". You never get it back! I have left places immaculate and have never gotten money back so I've stopped caring. The only time I care now is if I like their cleaning people and don't want tohem to have to work too hard. I do , howeveer, paint over anything I painted in case they want to keep my deposit and charge me extra. Yeah, that happened too (for a place I actually cleaned up!).

I like your colorful prose!

HI Conejitoasesino (wow, that took some typing. might still have gotten it wrong). I wanted to pain that wall, but it is covered in wire molding -- which I really can't paint or will end up owing my landlord more than my security deposit. rather than having crappy white stripes running through the blue, I opted out. still debating if it was the right choice or not . . i have more paint. we'll see what happens next time I watch darjeeling limited.

And vintage birthday, thanks!

I love this. The shot with the bed and the travel/art wall looks so cozy. Good solution with the interior closet, too. My last bedroom didn't have a closet so I know how hard it is to make that look good. You did it.

Where is the pillow from?

The pillow is from CB2 (teal one)